Petition opposing Snapchat redesign passes one million

In a statement, a Snapchat spokesman told USA media that "updates as big as this one can take a little getting used to, but we hope the community will enjoy it once they settle in".

This is a big move for Snapchat and just the latest effort to gain more users and keep users engaged.

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel doubled-down on the app's major redesign, which sent users into a tizzy when it came out last week. To find your friends' stories, you will have had to swipe left, where they now sit interspersed within your direct messages. Chief Executive Evan Spiegel said on the organisation's full-year earnings call recently that the objective of the redesign was to make the program "simpler and easier to work with, particularly for elderly users".

The Snapchat support Twitter account tweeted that the company was aware of the issue and was working to resolve it but that in the meantime, users should stay logged into their accounts. The Friends page is where your sent and received snapchats from your friends are as well.

The outage comes amid an uproar over a redesigned iOS app, which has users looking for ways to install the previous version. The point, he said, was to make a clearer distinction between Snapchat's private communication features (one-to-one snaps and chats) and the public-facing or "broadcast" aspects of the services (Stories). Even the complaints we're seeing reinforce the philosophy.

The backlash comes as it was revealed earlier this week that Facebook is losing younger users to Snapchat in the United Kingdom, according to research by eMarketer. "As anticipated, it will take time for our community to become used to the changes, but overall, we're satisfied with the first results and will be making the redesign available to our entire community in Q1". In the same way, users will be able to see the total time spent by viewers on a particular post.

Comments

Latest Posts

Trump wants to privatize the International Space Station
Assembly began in 1998 and the station has been continuously staffed by rotating astronaut-cosmonaut crews since October 2000. It was an historic day here in Huntsville as the Marshall Space Flight Center hosted the State of NASA Address .

Bulls Trade Jameer Nelson to Pistons for Willie Reed
The Pistons acquired Johnson and Willie Reed in that deal along with Griffin, but now they're moving on without Reed and Johnson. The 6-foot-11 center has career averages of 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in 152 games with Brooklyn, Miami and Detroit .

Tottenham come from 2-0 down to draw at Juventus
Kane was delighted to take two valuable away goals into the second leg at Wembley, meaning Juventus have to outscore Spurs to win. Tonight they faced Spurs in the Champions League , a competition they've twice finished runners up in in the last three seasons.

Google Wants To Bring Smart Replies To More Chat Apps
The new app also includes other automated features such as a Do Not Disturb mode, and a Vacation Responder . If you have never used them before, they are AI-powered responses to messages you receive from others.

Serena Focus On FedCup But Unsure About Grand Slam Return
She is now one title short of matching Court's all-time record for Slam singles titles of 24 - a mark she is determined to better. The 36-year-old last played competitively at the 2017 Australian Open, having given birth to her first child in September.

Ski star Vonn vows to win for late grandfather
Vonn's body would be in better shape if she didn't tolerate so much risk. "I would like to compete in everything", she said. As he raised his family on a farm in rural Milton, Wisconsin, he built a tiny ski hill with a tow rope.

Russia meddled in US election, George W. Bush says
Bush said Thursday he thinks there's " pretty clear evidence that the Russians meddled" in the 2016 US presidential election. Russian President Vladimir Putin "is zero-sum", Bush said at a talk in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates.